Recleaner



May 15, 1928.

, w. H. WORTHINGTON RECLEANER Filed March 20. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 15,1928.

W. H. WORTHINGTON RECLEANER Filed March 20, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ill ll'QQl 00 006'... 000 HO QOOOOO O Patented May 15, 1928 1,669,686 PATENT OFFICE.

1 UNITED snares WAYNE n. ORTI IINGToN, or BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR To ADVANCE RUIMELY COMPANY, or LA FORTE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION or INDIANA.

RECLEANER.

Application filed March 20,1925. Serial No. 16,874.

This invention relates to a separator and particularly to a re-cleanmg attachment therefor. In the form illustrated herewith it is particularly adapted for use in connection with a bean huller. It has for one object to'provide a ire-cleaner which may be attached directly to a hulling machine. Another object is to provide in combination With a huller a re-cleaner which may be used or not at the will of the operator so that the material being separated may be run through the cleaner or run directly from the separating zone without passing through the re-cleaner. Other objects will appear from time to time, throughout the specification and claims.

-My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in' the accompanying drawings wherein: Y

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical cross section showing a portion of the screening sieves of the machine and a transverse section of the re-cleaning parts; I

-Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical cross section through the re-clean'er on an enlarged scale with parts in elevation, section being made on line '22 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the driving connection of the re-cleaner.

Figure 4 is a view on the opposite side of the separator showing the elevator housing;

Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout.

A is a'portion of a vehicle frame which is supported on wheels 1 1 carried by an axle A B is a grain pan; adjoining it a screen B which is carried on a pair of hangers li by means of which it maybe recipro'cated. The details of this construction will not be described further as they form no part of the present invention.

G C are sieves beneath the screen B D is a screen. Beneath it is a pan 1). The two are inclined and the pan D at its lower end discharges into 'a'discharge chute The screen assembly including-the pan, the screen and the chute are carried on hangers D and are adapted to be recipro'cated. The details of the reciprocating action are not described as they form no part of the present invention." f

Beneath the lower end of the screen D is an open topped conveyor cylinder E. This cylinder is preferably provided with perforations E in its bottom andhas also two et E.

openings E E Mounted withinthecyli'n der on a shaft E is a helicoid conveyor or grain auger At one end the shaft E carries a driving sprocket E.

Beneath the cylinder E is a second and closedcylinder 'F. It is preferably provided in its bottom with perforations F. Lying within it and carried on a shaft F is a lump crusher or spike cylinder F This cylinder has upon it a lielically arranged series of spikes or projections F It has.

also 'in the preferred form at each end a number of generally helicoid conveyor flights In the top of the cylinder F immediately below the opening E E 'of the cylinder-"E are corresponding openings F F At one end the shaft F carries a sprocket E which is'in line with the sprocle One end of the cylinder F is open as at F? and discharges into a conveyor housing G. F is fa driving pulley mounted on the shaft F'-L The housing G is provided with a removable door plate G and preferably with a perforated bottom G Extending upward fronrthe conveyor housing G are two casings G G Inthese casings and in the housing a bucket conveyor might be positioned, and'it will carry thegrain delivered to the conveyor housing upward to any suit able grain weigher or other discharging or measuring device. The details 01" this assembly are not shownas they form no part of the present invention. e

H is a blower housing withinwhich is located a blower not shown. From the blower housing a passage HQ corrimunicates with the space beneath the screen C and from the blower a draft of air is forced to the screens and assists in the separating operation. The blower carried on a shaft H which has on its outer end a driving pulley H and a second pulley H. a

J is an idler adjustablv mounted on a stub shaft J which is adapted to 'be adjusted along a slotted plate J K is a driving belt about the pulley H ,From any suitable power source by means of this belt the assembly described isdriven. K is a beltfabout the pulleys H51 By means of this bolt the spiked cylinder is driven from the shaft H which carries the blower. K is a chain about the driving sprockets F E and about the idler .I. As shown in full line in Figure 3 the'chain is arranged so as to drive thegrain augerin one direction.

If the c hai nis paised on the side of thesproclfiet E", as shown in dotted" liiie's in Figure3, the direction of rotation of the grain auger will be reversed.

Although I have shown operative device, still it Will be obvious that many changes might be made in size, shape and arrangement of parts Without departing n atel'ially from the spirit of my inve'ntibn; a'iid T as In a se se diagr iiiiniatie, I I a 7 Pa'rtifcu1""-1y Where in the speilifieatip'n and claims I have used mite-era grain ,I mean grain of any sort M It Might be wheat, gets, beans, or'z'iny niateri'al which in growth is associatedwith pods, chafi", stalks and other matter-which lii'ust he separated. The use and operatioii of my invention are as follows The mate-mi to 'be sepai atedpr thresli'd, frequently beans t'ohe hulle'diis fedto the n iael1ihe, pass'ii'1g through the separatiiig and tgh'reshih'g eiie The ,tlireshed and separated niat'ei'ia'l comes finally weeni grain p211} and sieve. By'th'i ti'in'eit ceii'sists preteen 1y Wholly oi the grain or beans, the hulls ah'd' pods and other in'aterial having been re iiioyetll However, d rt and other and some tiines is stuck to then-rand it be: coin-es necessary to 're'ihove this material or to re-clean the h-eans' Beans and foreign inatter approghnatiiig bea'ns'in 'sizfe, oi smaller, pass through the holes in thesi'eve and seine of the dirt is shaken veff in passing ot er the bottom 'ei'eenand y the beans fall into the upper open cylinder 'wvhere the grain au 'er or helieoid conveyor is located, Ifit is rotated in the directionshown by the curved a'rr'ow'ih Figure Qt'he heans'are all fedlaterally to the right. The "con eying ni' oti'on serves to stir up and agitate the teens and some ofthe dirt wil'l'h'e separated, from the beans, the lumps to sor" e extent Crushed Will fall through the perforated bottom of, the cylinder. The beans with seine remaining dirt and lumps will he fed furth'e'r to the right and will fall through the Opening E and from through the opening F7 in the lower Cylinder. \Vhen the cylinder is mtated as shown, thematerial will hefed hack in the direction of the straightarro w to 'tl i'e left. The spikes on the drum-break up the lumps, agitate the beans and the lur'nps and serveto knockoff and dislodgethe dirt and other matter that adheres to the beans; v

The conveyor flights at end of the drunifassist in moving the eoi'ijt'ents of the cylinder to the left and thus'the material is fed first to the right by nieans oljlthe grain auger and then to the left by means of the spikedre-cleanerdruin. v v Tl'ie grai'n is 'fu'rther' cleaned in, the recl'ea'ner cylinder and the dirt falls out .1 Wish, therefore, that my showing be taken fore-igii ,l t.r.". is, 1 A matter 18 generally presented. With the beansinde Fifiauy the being ply ere disohargediiito' the eonvej'oi' liousihg which 1tse'lt' has a perforated bot-tom to perinitfun tl lei" discharge of: the dirt-amt dust the cleaned beafisare raised from the eo'ni eyor housihg (Jr and upward and deposited into a weiglier or other, measuring and discharging devioe.

'1 s f'flflbHk-i e h or some purposes and under certain conditions, it is not advisable to, pass the hel ns thrhugli the ireleam; oylinder'. ,Whent is is th pa e the arran ement er the diitiiigr belt sho iyii iii detted; lines 1lfl Ijligure 3 1s us eer e d re bii or fattest the st we i -A' Y Ld-Q h kthe e s 2r 9, fed to the lettin the upper open cyl nder iiitlie direetioi opposite to that ogf the straight arrow, The disoh arged through the opening and frer through tlie opehirig ji' 'aiid out of t1;e e;1 enrt lihder liitethe oon Voyo'r housing G? wihout having passed theniouth of the i-ecleanerr Where i the beans .s k eiidrt e therefore soft it in'generally not advisapleto pass them through the re eleaning oyhpdei as the cj liii 'cler tends to break tearthe skins and brush and Mila ese-1 mm beans. Where thebeahs are not-fedt'hr the re-elea ier cyliiideijthe operatie'n o other pai'ts' of the/ assembly arethe same as that above described; Y

tiei'ilhrljl in co inec onwith it's as recleaner for beans, it ean' 'of e'o ui' s associated With any sepalfil ifig' or threshino" ice, and iised with such a dei ice; no; 11

,What' the type of nia te rial that passes em v h r. ,v 2; Reel-sailing ineahs forseparators and the ike mp H n es. r f p q e" lha I s-f pe f r t b t oifi e d from the separator, a conveyor: a depted to propel grain along said bQt t Q'IIIj-fl ejlos'edeylinder below the receptaele a dapted; to' rec eiye grain from one en thereof-,- a eo'rnbinedgejon veyin'g and breaking drumin the'f'eylinder While 1 have e -0 regatta iiiteiitieii; 100

through. the perforated bottoin of that eyladapted simultaneously to convey material therealong and to break up dirt and foreign matter which is with the grain, the bottom of the cylinder being perforated, the perforations in the bottom of the cylinder and the receptacle being of such size as to permit discharge of dirt while retaining the grain, an open passage between each end of the receptacle and the adjacent end of the cylinder,

and means for reversing the direction of 10 and State of Michigan, this sixth day of 15 March, 1925.

WAYNE H. WORTHINGTON. 

